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Increasing yield of mango with selective harvest

Due to inaccurate methods of harvesting, farmers tend to destroy the quality of the mangoes and obtain reduced yields of the fruit which results in a loss of income of the farmers. Through selective harvesting techniques, mangoes are harvested in three stages from the trees based on their maturity level. Also, proper picking poles are used to harvest the mangoes in order to avoid dropping them on the ground causing subsequent damage. This technique explains how to properly harvest mangoes and how the mango harvest can be planned in order to reduce post-harvest losses.

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Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Other organizations: Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Year: 2017
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Country/ies: Ghana
Geographical coverage: Africa
Type: Practices
Full text available at: http://teca.fao.org/read/8844
Content language: English
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